The IRS Oversight Board was created by Congress in 1998 to
oversee the direction, administration, and conduct of the Internal Revenue
Service, in many ways this nation's most important and powerful agency. In its
fourth annual report, the board concluded that while the IRS is getting better
at working with taxpayers, an increasing number of them believes it is
acceptable to cheat on their taxes. Citing IRS enforcement data that was
developed by TRAC in April, the board said the continuing decline in enforcement
programs aimed at business was a
"serious and
ongoing problem that threatens the very integrity of our tax administration
system."
2004 Annual
Report, IRS Oversight Board, PDF file
